Henson, took on the majority of the responsibility for running the station.įrom 1912 to 1927, the Department of Commerce regulated U.S.
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By early February 1922 the station's daily schedule included entertainment programs, featuring sports reports and weather forecasts, plus piano, vocal and saxophone solos. In mid-December, it ran a telephone line to the local First Baptist Church's auditorium in order to broadcast Dr. WRR soon expanded its offerings beyond police and fire reports. Īn early review of the new station noted that in addition to broadcasting police reports, it had been used for a two-way conversation between the Chief of Detectives in Dallas and Houston.
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On August 5, 1921, a Limited Commercial license with the randomly assigned call letters WRR was issued to "City of Dallas (Police and Fire Signal Dept.)", which authorized transmissions on the wavelengths of 400, 450 and 500 meters (750, 667 and 600 kHz), for communication with "Police and Fire Signal portable stations, general communication and broadcasting with amateur stations". In July 1921, Bennett Emerson sold his transmitting equipment to the city for $250, and it was installed on the second floor of the Central Fire Station at 2012 Main Street, where it came under the oversight of "Dad" Garrett. Sunday Magazine article in the Augissue of The Dallas Morning News reviewed the police radiotelephone station that had just been licensed as WRR. In May 1921, it was reported that he had installed on a fire truck a radio receiver constructed by Corlett and had successfully received transmissions sent by Emerson and Garrett's son, Charles Garrett. Radio was still an unperfected technology, but Garrett recognized its future potential for speeding up communication during emergencies. Meanwhile, a second major blaze occurred, but because the telephone lines were down, there was a delay in alerting crews at the site of the need to deal with the second emergency. In 1912, a fire broke out that was being dealt with by a majority of the fire department. Garrett had had an early interest in radio communication. "Dad" Garrett was also involved in the developmental work. In early June 1921, it was again announced that the daily police bulletin transmissions had been inaugurated by Corlett and Emerson. Two alternate sites were included: Bennett Emerson's Special Amateur station, 5ZG, located at 3720 Wendelkin Street, and John Dorea's station, 5JG, at 117 West Twelfth Street. The primary outlet was Corlett's Special Amateur station, 5ZC, located at his home at 1101 East Eighth Street. McGee which would be used to "notify the near-by police of the escape of prisoners and to give a description of suspects fleeing from Dallas." In early February, it was announced that the plan was now operational, consisting of nightly transmissions between 7 and 10 o'clock. A short notice in the December 28, 1920, edition of The Dallas Morning News stated that Corlett was developing a system in cooperation with Police Commissioner L. Corlett, a local district manager for the American Radio Relay League, approached the Dallas police about setting up something similar. Inspired by activities at the New York City police department, Frank M. The genesis of what would become WRR began through the efforts of local amateur radio enthusiasts belonging to the Dallas Radio Club, in conjunction with Henry "Dad" Garrett, who was Dallas' superintendent of police and fire signals. In addition, prior to its first broadcasting license, WRR was issued an initial transmitting authorization in the summer of 1921, and the station evolved from even earlier work conducted by the Dallas Police Department. However it is one of the oldest radio stations, including the oldest in Texas, having received its first broadcasting license, as WRR, in March 1922. KTCK's current call letters and format only date back to 1994. KTCK's programs are simulcast at 96.7 MHz over KTCK-FM, licensed to Flower Mound, Texas.
The station is currently owned by Cumulus Media.
The station's studios are located in the Victory Park district in Dallas, just north of downtown, and the transmitter site is in Coppell. Its daytime power is 25,000 watts, which is reduced to 5,000 watts at night. KTCK (1310 AM "SportsRadio 1310 The Ticket") is a commercial sports radio station licensed to Dallas, Texas, which serves the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex (DFW).
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